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DRAWING 
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DRAWING 
THE EAST WAT 

By Cobb X. Shinn 



ALBERT WHITMAN & COMPANY 

PUBLISHERS 

CHICAGO U. S. A. 


DRAWING THE EASY WAY 

Copyright 1923, 1924, 1927 \ . Q 

By Albert Whitman & Company 




©Cl A1068051 

A “JUST RIGHT” BOOK 
Made in the U. S. A. 

FEB17’28 




INTRODUCTION 

How to Become an Artist? has always remained a 
great question to many people who would have liked a 
ready medium to aid them in learning the rudiments 
of expressing in pictures their impressions of places 
and objects they have seen. 

Not everyone can be an artist , yet everyone can learn 
to draw well enough to make very good pictures of the 
places and objects he has seen . You can draw such pic¬ 
tures with a very few lines 9 as shown in this “new-way” 
book . If you were trying to describe a place with words 
you would have to write many ? many of them . 

After a little practice copying the various models 
in this book 9 you will be surprised to see how easy it 
is to place on paper “what your eye sees ” 

COBB X . SHINN. 













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FAR YAU/V TA /A PRAW 



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DRAWING 
THE EAST WAY 



W HEW-EE, whew-ee, whuit, whuit, whuit, 
purty, purty, purty,” he whistles. Everybody 
knows and loves to hear this song of the Red Bird. 
He is one of what the bird books call “Permanent 
Residents,” for he is with us the year round. And 
don’t you think it pleasant for all of us that a beau- 
tiful bird like the Red Bird lives with us through the 
long winter months? When the winter’s snows have 
covered the ground, do you ever think of paying him 
for his song with a few crumbs of bread? 


9 






W HILE the Blue Jay is a member of the Crow 
family, he is not such a plunderer as the Crow. 
In fact, he does a great deal of good by eating many 
insects that feed on the foliage of trees. He has a 
bad habit of being meddlesome. This makes him very 
unpopular in bird society and when he approaches 
a tree, the other birds fly away. 


10 





MISTER o 

AST^jCH 



Y OU start with a circle to draw this Foolish 
Bird, Mister Ostrich, who believes that if he 
can’t see you, that you can’t see him. He is the larg¬ 
est bird in all the world, but he can not fly. Oh! 
my! but how he can run and kick with those long 
legs. 


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O LD DOCTOR STORK is a funny old bird and 
is very easy to draw. First you just make the 
number four, then place a long oval on the top of 
the four and now you can make his funny looking 
head. Then you start to put his clothes on him, his 
hat first, now his collar, coat and place an umbrella 
under his wing. There you have the Doctor com' 
plete. 


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NAW YAU CAN DRAW THE WISE AWL 
THAT IS A VEIT/ HANDS AM E FAWL 

o o 2 <§) <§) 3 Hiijr 



Com X. JP'M 


P ETER RABBIT shows us the trick of drawing 
the “Wise Owl” and it is very easy to do. 
Every boy and girl should be able to make a dandy 
picture of this “Handsome Fowl.” Now make your 
little eyes get busy and hunt up your pencil. Then, 
after you have found it, make your little fingers get 
busy and use it. 


13 






W HEN you first look at a Peacock you would 
think that he was hard to draw. But if you 
will just start with an oval, you are going to find it 
easy to do. Then add his head. Now his feet and 
last of all his wings and beautiful tail. 


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THE ZICZAC 

'THE TOOTHPICK OF THE CROCODILE 



T HE Crocodile does not have many friends; but 
his best friend is the Zicsac bird, for he warns 
him when danger is near. More wonderful still is the 
way the crocodile will hold its mouth open for hours 
at a time, letting this little bird run in and out of his 
mouth picking the fragments of flesh which have cob 
lected between the crocodile's teeth. 


15 







The Sectary Bird 

n\OM FAk AWAY AFRICA 



I T GETS the name of Secretary Bird from the 
feathers that grow out of the back of its head, 
looking like quill pens behind the ear of a clerk. Its 
food consists of reptiles. Among them is included a 
great number of poisonous snakes. In Africa it is so 
highly valued as a foe to snakes that a fine is imposed 
for killing it. 


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T AKE your pencil and see if you can draw the 
little chick in the space that is squared off. 
You’ll find it so easy to do that you will try it on a 
separate piece of paper. Erase the lines of the square 
when you have the picture completed. 


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H ERE is a dandy lesson and so very easy to do. 

You can use your compass to make the two 
circles and then it is easy to make the bill and the 
eye. And not a bit hard to draw the tail and legs 
and feet. After you have made this one, try and see 
if you can make a picture of Chick running or trying 
to pull a fishing worm out of the ground. 


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T HE easy way to copy pictures, is first to mark 
your picture off in squares. If you want to draw 
a large picture of this Rooster, first take a large piece 
of paper. Mark off a space twenty^seven inches long 
and eighteen inches wide, then divide it up into 
spaces that are three inches square. You can see just 
what part of the rooster goes into each square and 
can’t help getting the right proportions. 


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W HILE Penguin is a bird, he looks more like a 
scarecrow. His wings are very small and are 
more like the flappers of the seal; these help to make 
him a good swimmer. He lumbers over the ground 
like a boy with his feet tied in a sack. The Penguin 
lives in the far south, where great numbers of them 
will build a square village. Each family will have 
their little plot; the village has streets and lanes. 


20 











“CRFAKETY-CFtfA-CREA” 

PLAYS THE MEF^py MINSTREL 



M OST people say that the Crickets are singing 
but they don’t sing. They make the noise 
with their wings by rubbing them together. On 
one wing there are ridges and scrapers on the other; 
he works them about like you would a violin. 
Another very odd thing about a Cricket is that he 
doesn’t breathe like you do, through a nose, but 
breathes through some tiny holes in the sides of his 
body. 


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Y OU may not see this Little Friend very often, 
but you do get to hear him a lot. Mr. Katydid 
is very hard to find because of his color and you 
have to look very close to see him swinging on a 
blade of grass. He is just as hard to catch as his 
cousin the Grasshopper and he can both jump and 
fly. The next time you hear one, just try and see if 
you can find this pale green insect that says “Katy- 
did.” 


22 







CAME INTA MY PAKLVFT 

3AIP THE SPIPER TA THE FLY 

<V . <3$ 



W HILE a spider is not a very pretty thing to 
look at, still this is a very good trick that the 
little Clown has worked out. Starting with a heart 
and just adding so very few lines, he changed it into 
a spider. 


23 






PEN ANP INK SKETCHES AF TREES 



D ID you ever notice how some people can tell 
you the name of almost every tree and they 
will be a half mile or so away from it? Of course, 
they tell by the shape of the tree. So if you are going 
to make a drawing of a tree, the first thing you want 
to do is to get the general shape of the tree marked 
out first. After that you will find it very easy to make 
a good drawing of almost any tree. 


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H ERE is a different way of making a drawing. 

You can make a copy of any picture that you 
want to in this way. First divide the picture that you 
want to copy into squares and then make the same 
number of squares on the paper that you are going 
to make the drawing on. You do not have to make 
your squares the same size, but you do have to have 
the same number of squares on each. 


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T HERE are fifty different species of oak that are 
native to America and there are over three 
hundred different kinds in the world. Nearly all of 
them grow to be large trees and add to the beauty 
of the landscape. You can always tell an oak by its 
acorn. The leaves are always oval in shape, leathery 
and cut by deep bays. The drawing is a White Oak, 
the noblest of trees. 


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SAM ETUI N 5 






TA DKA\Y 
TA LEAF\N 




KWtffW. 

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K " H> 

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D ID you know that the Common Dandelion was 
not native of this country, but a European 
immigrant? Yet you will find it one of our best' 
known wild flowers from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
Did you ever break the leaves or stem and see the 
bitter, milky juice flow freely? Of course everyone 
has bought its green jagged leaves on the market for 
food in the springtime. 


27 





T HE easy way to make a daisy, is first to make a 
douglvnut; don't get the hole in the center too 
large. Then start to make the petals of the daisy. 
Now you are ready to make the stem and leaves. 


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I T IS very easy to make a paper carnation. Use 
tissue paper, white or pink, and cut ten pieces 
like drawing number one. Fold two or three sections 
as in picture number three. Then bind them around 
with a thin wire and leave a long end for a stem. 
Now push the remaining sections of number one, 
unfolded, close to the center. Add the green calyx 
(like drawing number two) and bind the stem with 
green. 


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I F YOU want to make a drawing that is pretty to 
look at, there are no better subjects than flowers. 
The Daffodil or Narcissus, whichever you want to 
call it, is very beautiful and is easy for your little 
fingers to make. First try making just a single flower 
and then try to make a bouquet of them. 


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T HE making of a drawing is very much like the 
building of a house. First of all you must have 
a foundation to build upon. Here a circle is used 
for the foundation of a rose. Little by little you 
add to the circle until you have completed the 
picture. 


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Y OU would hardly think that this lot of plates 
or circles could be turned into this beautiful 
potted flower, but the artist has shown you, step by 
step, just how it is done. It is very easy to do, so try 
and see if you can’t make one just as good as this one. 


32 








I F YOU should break the small end off of an egg, 
the shell would then be about the same shape as 
a tulip. So the easy way to draw a tulip is to make 
an egg first, then draw in the leaves of the flower. 
Now you are ready to add the stem and the other 
leaves. If you want to make your drawing very 
pretty, you should take your water colors and tint 
your drawing. 


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I N MAKING nature studies it is the best rule to 
keep the drawing simple, using only a very few 
lines and making each line mean something. Then 
if you want to take your water colors and make a 
color drawing you will find it very easy to do. Try 
coloring this drawing of peaches. 


34 







D ON’T you think it rather odd that this lot of 
circles can be made into an attractive drawing 
of a bunch of grapes? You just make a lot of circles 
and show them to Mother or Father and see if they 
can guess what you can make of them. All you have 
to do is to blacken in the circles and leave a high 
light every now and then in a few of the circles. 


35 





W AY up in the Land of Ice and Snow, lives our 
Little Friend the Esquimau. He loves to go 
fishing just the same as any little boy or girl, but he 
has to chop a hole in the ice. And here we have the 
picture of him, which is very easy for you to draw. 


36 








T HIS strange animal lives along the coast of 
Florida. It comes up the rivers and lagoons, 
where it feeds on grass and other water plants. Some 
of them grow to the length of 15 feet and weigh 
1500 pounds. Their flesh is good to eat, but there is 
a penalty of $500 for killing one. They are a very 
mild and inoffensive animal. In captivity they soon 
learn to eat grass out of your hand. 


37 












I N THE spring the salmon come out of the Pacific 
and swim up the rivers. Up swirling rapids and 
jumping cataracts they go—on and on—until they 
reach the place where they were bom. There they 
lay their eggs and die. The young salmon that are 
bom from the eggs are only a year old when they 
begin to long for the open sea and go off down the 
river. 


38 












I T IS so easy to draw a frog that every boy and 
girl should be able to make a fine picture of the 
fellow who sings us to sleep in the summer time. 
Starting with an oval and then adding to the oval 
little by little, the first thing that you know you will 
have made a dandy picture of Mr. Croaker. 


39 





T HESE strange beasts—Walruses, or Sea Horses 
—are found in the Arctic Ocean along the bor¬ 
ders of pack ice. On the shore they move slowly and 
with much difficulty, but in the water they are very 
much at home, for they are very good swimmers. 
The two long tusks are used for digging clams and 
other shellfish, which they gather on the bottom of 
the shallow sea for food. 


40 








F IRST you take a half of an English Walnut shell 
and lay it on a piece of paper and mark out the 
oval. It is better to use waterproof or oiled paper if 
you have it. Then draw the feet on the oval and then 
the head and tail. Cut it out and paste it on the 
bottom side of the shell, using a little sealing wax or 
chewing gum for paste. 


41 





A CARJAVN FAf\YAU TA DRAW 



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PETEK RA80IT n 


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ERASE HIS EARS, CHANGE ADD A NEW PAIR 
THE NOSE A LITTLE AND OF EARS 

BLACKEN HIS COLLAR AND HERE'S "TOWSER" 


WITH JUST A LITTLE 
MORE WORK YOU 
CAN CHANGE "TOWSER” , , 

INT0 / mIi \\i/, 


C*J 


^ | 'HIS cartoon is dandy for you to draw on your 
-L little blackboard, because it is easy for you to 
erase on a blackboard. You can make it on paper just 
as well if you have no blackboard. If you like, you 
can make three separate cartoons, one of the "Funny 
Old Man ,' 1 then another of "Towser,” and still an¬ 
other of "Peter Rabbit.” 


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T HE drawing of the pig is very easy if you just 
would use this system of making one-inch 
squares. So now find your paper and pencil and make 
your fingers get busy and make the drawing. Then 
mother will be glad to loan you her scissors to cut 
out Mr. Piggy. 


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A FTER you have made these funny little animals, 
■*- *-try and see if you can think of some other ani- 
mals that can be made out of letters. There must be 
many more for there have only been three letters used 
here out of all the alphabet. 


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A STORY Picture is always interesting; there are 
so many different stories that you can tell. 
These little figures are not hard to draw if you will 
just follow this system of making them in outline 
first. Try making this picture and if you want to make 
it tell a different story, why place a dog where the hat 
is and you will have a man trying to catch his dog. 


45 








[Little: by little yau turn 

A HEART INTA A BAY 



F ATHER will tell you, “Make a good start and 
you have the work over half done.” So be sure 
and get the heart just about the same shape as the one 
in the picture. Then little by little to add to it, until 
you erase the bottom part of the heart. 


46 












E VERY little boy and girl has read stories about 
the Sunbonnet Babies, but did you ever think 
that you would be able to draw pictures of them? 
And it is so very easy to do it, if first you draw a cone, 
then place a sunbonnet on the cone. Now you are 
ready to add the arm and feet. You can make the 
dresses any color and with most any kind of flowers 
on them. 


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E VERYBODY knows and loves this Famous 
Little Movie Actor, so that is the reason he 
should make one of the most interesting drawing les- 
sons that has been printed. So get your pencil and 
paper and see what a fine drawing you can make of 
Jackie. 


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T HERE is no need to tell you who this jolly 
man is that you draw by starting with two 
circles, one of them just a little smaller than the 
other. When you have all the features placed on 
the two circles, then you draw a pear and from the 
pear you make a pair of pants. 


49 




America's mast hands am est man 

IS EASY TA PR^VY 



A LMOST everybody has seen this funny man, 
/l“Ben Turpentine,” in the movies. But did you 
ever think that you would be able to draw a picture 
of him? As you can see, it is very easy to do, if 
you will just follow the little system here. 


50 
















D O YOU want to draw a picture of Wild Bill, 
who is so bow-legged that he could not stop 
a pig in an alley? First you draw a circle and place 
a hat in it, then give him one eye, for the other 
one is covered up. Add an ear, nose and mouth. 
Now place two squares just under the circle; each 
square must be the same width as the circle with 
which you made his head. 


51 






















J UST look at what you can make out of two 
squares and one circle! Now 7 don't say that you 
can't do it, just get yourself a pencil and some paper. 
Then make those little fingers of yours get busy. 


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I T IS useless to try to tell how to draw “Jackie,” 
for it is just as plain as the nose on your face. 
By this little system you should be able to draw 
Jackie just as good as the artist that made this picture. 


53 





















F IRST, you draw a circle about three inches wide. 

Then fill in the features of the face. Just below 
the circle make a square the same width as the circle. 
Now fill in the waist and collar. Then add another 
square just the same sise as the first square. Now you 
are ready to make the arms and skirt. Don’t forget 
to put on the funny wooden shoes. 


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“ T T APPY” is very easy to draw if you will just 
A A make a vase, then place a circle in the vase and 
another smaller circle on top of the first circle. Then 
you are ready for the features of the face. His 
clothes are not hard to do, even if they are so differ¬ 
ent from the clothes that you wear. 


55 












A LEX'S clothes are very different from your 
V. clothes, but you will find them very easy to 
draw. Just follow this little system that the artist has 
made here and in a few minutes you can make a dandy 
picture of this Jolly Little Black Fellow from Egypt. 


56 





















T HE only place that you ever get to see Pirates 
is in the movies. And you can read about them 
in story books, but did you ever try to draw the pic' 
ture of one? Now here is about the best chance that 
you will ever have to draw one. It is very easy to do, 
so make your little fingers get busy with your lead 
pencil. 


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THE EASY.WAY TA PRAVY 

A LWAMATIVE v 


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A T FIRST a Locomotive looks very hard to draw, 
A. but if you use a ruler and compass you will find 
it very easy to draw. Of course, you have to be care¬ 
ful and get the different parts in the right proportions. 
This is the only difficult part of making a drawing of 
a Locomotive. 


58 










HAW TA MAKE. THIS ALP BARM 

" L\7AI\ attractive: 



C AN you find a shed, bam or fence in your own 
back yard that you can draw? Then make an- 
other drawing of it and improve the looks of it. 
Have vines to cover the old dead trees or cover the 
unattractive old fence. Cannas, hollyhocks or other 
tall flowers planted by the fence will add to the 
beauty. Large boulders placed along the walk make 
it more attractive; and don’t forget to give the bam a 
coat of paint. 


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T HE easy way to make Landscape Compositions is 
to make them in black and white. First of all, 
draw your sky-line across the paper, then place the 
largest object in the picture first, like the boat in the 
top picture or the river in the lower picture. Then 
the next largest objects, like the Lighthouse or the 
trees in the lower picture. Then you are ready for 
the small details like shadows, clouds and birds. 


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H ERE are some dandy borders that you can use 
on the covers that you make for your school 
books. They would be very pretty on a lamp shade 
that you can make out of paper and don’t forget 
to use your water colors to color them. There are any 
number of things that you can use these borders on. 


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T HE first picture shows you just how to divide 
the square into seven parts. The next picture 
shows you how the square is cut into parts. The last 
picture shows you just how to arrange the parts to 
make a wind mill. 


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O F COURSE you can make shadow pictures by 
using fingers, but you can make a lot more difi 
ferent kinds if you will cut out hats for them. Just 
take a piece of cardboard—it does not have to be very 
heavy. Make the outline of the hat with lead pencil. 
Then lay your hand on the cardboard to see if you 
have the hat about the right size to fit on your hand. 


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INDIAN DESIGNS 


MOUNTAIN 


WAVES 


CLOUD 


MIST RJSIN6 


LIGHTNING 


A 


HOUSES IN A VILLA6E 
A WHIRLWIND 


I THE 

FOUR WINDS 

AN ENEMY HAS 
“CR05SED OURTFyML 



H ERE are some very interesting symbols from 
Indian Designs. They are very easy to draw. 
Also they are just the thing to use when you decorate 
your Indian Suit. It will be very easy to draw or paint 
them and make your suit look like a real Indian cos- 
tume. If you like, try drawing a vase and use these 
symbols to decorate it, making the design tell a story. 


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|T'S fiS EASY AS FALLING OFF A L9G 



PAINT A PEANUT 
A BRIGHT BLUE, 
YELLOW, GREEN 
OR REP 


NSW PAINT THE EYES 
OR USE WHITE HEAD 
PINS ON THE END 
THAT HAS THE HOOK 


CRAPE PAPER PASTED 
ON THE BACK WILL MAKE 
THE WINGS AND TAIL- 



ONE OF DADO 
PIPE CLEANERS 
MAKES A 
DANDY PAIR 
OF LEGS 


A PIECE OF A PENCIL 
AND A LITTLE FINE 
WIRE MAKES THE SWING 


co&0 X. Stt/HN 


I F YOU don't want to make one of these Little 
Parrots out of a real peanut and crepe paper, you 
will find it a lot of fun to draw them. Starting with 
a peanut first, then the eye, then the tail and wings. 
If you like you can make the parrot a very fancy bird 
cage. 


65 






YAU CAN MAKE THEM 
PEANUT K7Y5 ANP £IRLS 



T HE next bag of peanuts that you get, just place 
one of them down on a piece of paper and then 
draw a line around him. This outline will make his 
body and it is very easy to fill in the features of the 
face and place legs and arms on them. Or draw the 
eyes and mouth upon the peanut, make his arms and 
legs of toothpicks and the hands and feet of modeling 
clay. 


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I N CHINA, many centuries ago, the first “Tan' 
grams" was designed. Any child can make them 
by taking a square and cutting it up into seven pieces 
as shown here in the picture. Cut up three or four 
squares of black paper of different sizes. These will 
make enough pieces for you to make animals, birds, 
fishes, flowers or most anything that you wish. 


67 












ALL THAT you need is a piece of cardboard or 
A. heavy paper, a ruler, a sharp pencil and scissors. 
Mark off a space eleven squares long and six squares 
wide. Take the scissors and cut where you see the 
heavy black lines. Then fold your cardboard where 
you see the dotted lines. Then you are ready to 
paste the comers and have the box completed. 


68 



























E VERY little boy and girl has a book that they do 
not want to lose and if you make a book plate 
for it you would almost be sure of not losing it. It 
is very simple to make by starting with a circle. 


69 













T HE more you practice your music lessons the 
better you can play. The same thing is true of 
drawing. Don’t just make one picture of Mary’s 
Lamb, make a dozen of them. Then try making am 
other dozen. When you compare your first drawing 
with the last, you’ll be sure to see that you have made 
some improvement. 


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O F course every child knows the story of Red 
Riding Hood almost by heart, but who can 
draw and color up a picture of her? It is very easy 
to do, just divide her in four equal parts. By this little 
system you can make a fine pattern for a rag doll, 
first make it on paper and trace it off on to muslin. 


71 












F IRST you see an oval and a circle. Put that down 
on a piece of paper. Next you see a nose, an eye, 
and a pair of ears on the circle. You see four legs on 
the oval. When you have them all down on a piece 
of paper you have a picture of the pig that Tom the 
piper’s son stole. 


72 




E VERY boy and girl has read the wonderful fairy 
story of “Puss in Boots.” Do you remember how 
the cat started out with a sack on his back and won 
fame and fortune for his master? This drawing is a 
picture of this wonderful cat. It is so easy to do if you 
will just follow this little system of circles. Try it and 
see how well you can draw. 


73 










T AKE a piece of paper and mark off a space eight 
squares long and five squares wide. The squares 
can be any siz,e you want to make them, but be sure 
they are square. You then will find it very easy to 
draw the Funny Bunny. For you can see just what 
part of him goes in each square. This way you will 
not get his ears too long or too short, but just right. 
And so on with every part of the Funny Bunny. 


74 




































Hie RABBIT THAT IB/ES TA SWIM 





T HE Marsh Rabbit that lives down in the south' 
eastern part of the United States, loves to swim. 
When he is alarmed he runs for the nearest water and 
plunges in and hides under the different water plants, 
with just his nose and eyes out of the water. 


75 

















SNAW BALL -{111 ARCTIC HARE 



“'C'VERY story you read is about Peter Rabbit,” 
* said the Little Eskimo. “Snow Ball is just as in' 
teresting as Peter Rabbit and by far more handsome a 
fellow than Peter. But he does not have so many 
friends for he lives far up in the Frozen North. He 
has a wonderful coat of fur, which is snow white ex- 
cept the tips of his ears and they are black.” 


76 




















O F course you have seen many Airedale Terriers. 

But here you have a chance to draw a picture 
of Laddie with your own little fingers. So now you 
had better get your drawing paper and pencil and see 
how easy it is to draw a picture of this faithful pet. 


77 

















I F you feel that you are not very clever at drawing, 
try making a picture of this dog. You will be sur- 
prised at the pleasing drawing that you can make. 
First making a triangle and then follow this system. 


78 


















T HERE never was a boy or girl who did not want 
to own a pony, but so very few of them ever do. 
Now there is one thing sure, that if you can’t own 
one, you can draw the picture of one. By this little 
system of drawing you will find it very easy. 


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F IRST you make a square, then triangle off the 
upper left hand comer. This gives you a big start 
on the drawing of Billy Goat. Draw in the nose and 
mouth, then blacken the triangle part of the square. 
Be sure to get the eye in the right position. Draw 
the ear and the whiskers and then the horns. Then 
you will have a good picture of Billy Goat. 


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YAll CHANffE A TAP INTA 
A &V AT? 



I T is just as easy to draw a picture of a top as it is 
to draw a heart for they are both almost the same 
shape. So when you have made your drawing of the 
top it will be very easy to turn it into a goat. Now you 
had better get some paper and a pencil and make your 
little fingers get busy. Let your eyes see just what 
your fingers can do. 


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He lives way up in the mauntains 



T 7ERY few of us ever have had a chance to see 
V “Bighorn” the Mountain Sheep. For he lives 
up in the mountains, so high that the tops of the 
mountains are in the clouds and are covered with 
snow. Just like any other sheep he has hoofs, but 
they are the kind that never slip. He delights to 
bound along the edges of great cliffs where it is almost 
impossible for man to follow him 


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A COMPOSITION of words is a number of 
words arranged so as to tell a story; or the art 
of forming sentences. A composition in drawing is 
arranging a number of objects so that they will tell 
a story. You can tell just what the crocodile would 
do if the monkey gets close enough—the picture tells 
a story. 


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T HIS cousin of Billy Goat lives high among the 
rocks and slopes of the Rocky Mountains. For 
this reason he is called the Rocky Mountain Goat. 
He wears a great long coat of shaggy white hair and 
his shoulders are humped up somewhat like those of 
a buffalo. His horns are much smaller than our com' 
mon goat and are black. 


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REPPy FAX 



co&£ X swim 


E VERYBODY knows “Reddy Fox” for he is ah 
ways the bad one in the Animal story books. 
Not only does he steal chickens in story books, but 
also in real life. He is the biggest thief that Farmer 
Brown ever has to come around his bam yard. Now 
let us see just how good a picture that you can draw 
of this cunning little fellow. 


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D RAWING is the only language which every¬ 
body can understand, so that is the big reason 
why everybody should learn to draw. There are so 
many little tricks about drawing that it will make it 
very easy for you to do. Here are just two of the 
many tricks and these two tell a story that it would 
take many words to tell. 


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MATHER, CAN MAKE THESHADAVY 

ANPYAUCAN Pf^AW AR^UNP IT 



T HIS drawing lesson is somewhat different from 
the others that you have had, you will have to 
get father or mother to help you. Just take a piece 
of wrapping paper and pin it on the wall, then have 
father make these shadow pictures with his hands. 
Then you take a pencil and draw the outline of them 
on the paper. 


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H E is a beautiful, velvety-furred little creature 
about the size of a house mouse. His back is a 
very delicate shade of light tan and his stomach and 
feet are snowy white. You find the Handsome beach 
mouse along the coast of Alabama, Georgia and 
through a large part of Florida. 
















T HIS little animal called opossum is about the 
siz,e of a cat and is noted for being very cunning. 
It has a very long tail which it likes to hang by, head 
down from a branch. Of course you have heard of 
“Playing Possum” which means playing dead, the 
opossum does this. 


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The ane animal wha has na fkienbs 



A H! How everybody hates “Sneaky” the Weasel. 

- Farmer Jones hates him because he kills his 
chickens. If there is anybody who likes him it is the 
trapper and he wants Sneak’s fur. For in the winter 
time he is snow white, except the tip of his tail which 
is black. In the winter time he is called “Ermine” but 
when spring comes and his coat turns reddish brown 
he is called just a Weasel. 


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WILLIE WAVDCHUCK 

AR ARAUNDHA6 fiS SAME. FEAFLE CALL HIM 


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D O you know Willie Woodchuck, who has very 
coarse hair, a heavy body, short bushy tail, 
powerful legs and feet armed with strong claws for 
digging? Farmer Jones does not like him, because he 
does great damage to his garden and crops. On Feb' 
maty the second he wakes from his long winter sleep 
and appears at the mouth of his burrow. When he 
sees his shadow it is supposed to be a sign of six weeks 
more cold weather. 


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the; El SAN 

CtfMMtfNLy CALLEP BUFFALO 



AT first you may think that this picture is very 
xxhard, but you will find it easy after you once get 
started. There are many funny things you will notice 
about a buffalo, the front half of him looks so much 
bigger than the rear half that it almost looks as if they 
did not belong together. Also the front half of him 
is covered with thick, curly hair and his hind quarters 
are covered with short hair. 


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T HIS drawing is so very easy, the hardest part of 
it is to draw the two circles. When you have the 
circle complete it will only take you a very few min' 
utes to complete the picture of “Buster.” 


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Y OU can find Black Bears in a number of different 
places in this country, the happiest of them all 
are the ones that live in Yellowstone Park. It is a 
funny thing that most men are as afraid of Billy Bear 
as Billy Bear is of them. For when Billy gets even the 
faintest smell of man, he is gone. Also here is a draw' 
ing of the footprint of a bear. It shows you how he 
puts his whole foot on the ground. 


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O F course every one has seen the Big Black Bear 
that walks on a ball in the circus. But did you 
ever try to draw a picture of him? If you want to try 
here is a very easy way to do it. Just follow the sys¬ 
tem here and you are going to find it very easy to do. 


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[SwflAKE YAUKJIN6ER5 SET BUSY 
UYU a ANP TRUTHS -—■- 



O NE would think that it would be a very hard 
matter to turn a bell into an elephant. But as 
the clown shows us the trick, little by little we see 
just how it is done. There is no reason why every 
little boy and girl can’t do the same thing. 


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B UT it was thousands of years ago, so the wise 
men tell us. They do not know much about this 
strange creature for they just found his bones buried 
in the fossil beds out west. The feet were somewhat 
like those of an elephant, but the skull and teeth re¬ 
semble nothing on this earth today. 


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the easy my far yaii 

TA DRAW A LI AN HEAD 



T HE Clown from the Circus shows us the quick 
and easy way of drawing the head of His Maj¬ 
esty, the Lion. It is so very easy that every boy and 
girl should be able to make a good picture of a Lion. 


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O LJR Little Friend from India is glad to show you 
the easy way to draw a picture of an animal 
that lives in his country, “The Tiger.” In Africa the 
Lion is the “King of Beasts” but in India his place is 
taken by the Tiger. 


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MR. RACCtfAN 



M OST of you know Mr. Raccoon. But did you 
know that he had a funny habit of always 
taking his food to water so he could wash it before 
he eats? Also he will sneak up to the henhouse and 
steal the eggs. He is not a bad fisherman when it 
comes to catching fish or he is very happy when he 
finds a field of young com, he loves roasting ears. 
There is not much need of Mr. Raccoon ever going 
hungry. 


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T HE Little Jumping Mouse is one of the hand" 
somest members of the mouse family with his 
coat of a dull yellowish color, darker on the back than 
on the sides, and white underneath. He is one of the 
best jumpers of his size among the little animals. You 
will find his home most of the time in old weed 
patches for he is very fond of small seeds. 


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F IRST you see just how you can draw a ship sail- 
mg on the deep blue sea. If you like make your 
little fingers get busy and cut out your drawing of the 
ship. Then slit a cork crosswise and slip the draw- 
ing into it. There you have a ship to sail on the 
goldfish bowl. 


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“TTUMPTY DUMPTY” was an egg as every boy 
XjL and girl knows, so first you must start your 
drawing with an egg. Then add the three circles and 
little by little change them into his body. Now all 
that it takes to complete your picture are the legs and 
the wall. 


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THE. EASY WAY TA I7RAW A THINS 
I THAT IS HARP " 


a 


'A PRAW 





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A LMOST any artist will tell you that a chair is a 
JLvery hard thing to draw. But if you will just 
follow this system, you will find that a chair is not so 
hard to draw. Of course you make a lot of lines which 
you cannot use in your finished drawing, but these 
lines help you to get the chair square and make it look 
like a real chair. 


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T HEY are very easy to draw, if you start with 
letters and then add the doors and windows. 
After you have tried your hand at making these, try 
and see if you can make some of the others into little 
houses. 


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“ T UST what shall I draw?” How many times have 
I you asked this question? If you would just stop 
and look around the room a minute you can find many 
interesting things. Just to get you started here are a 
few things from the kitchen for you to practice on. 
When you have made these, try and see how many 
different things that you can find in the living room 
to draw. 


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T HESE two pictures are very easy to draw if you 
will make two circles. One the size of a twenty' 
five cent piece and the other about the size of a nickel. 


107 






S EE how easy it is to draw the children of Circle 
Town. Now that you know this little secret it 
should be easy for you to draw them playing a game 
of Leapfrog. Try and see how many different games 
you can make them play or things that you can make 
them do. 


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A CLOTHESPIN is about the easiest thing 
drawn that you can think of, and when you 
have the clothespin made, you have a great start on 
drawing a soldier. As you see it does not take many 
more lines to complete the toy soldier. 


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Y OU would not like to think that you were not 
able to draw a picture of an acorn, would you? 
If you can, why you can make almost any number of 
funny faces out of them. Little Miss Mary is just 
showing you three different kinds that she can make. 
Are you going to make your little fingers get busy 
and see if you can make the same ones and many other 
different kinds? 


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a battle: af ink 

TURNER INTA A PICKANINNY 



T HE bottle of ink is very easy to draw and a nickel 
will do to make the three circles. When you 
have this much made you have a very good start and 
the rest is very easy to do. You do not have to make 
the dress just the same as this one. Can’t you think 
up some kind of different dress for the Pickaninny? 


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I T is very interesting to see just how many lines the 
artist has used in drawing the pitcher and so few 
are used in the complete drawing. It may look like a 
very hard way to draw, but nevertheless it is the quick 
way if you want to draw correctly. First you try your 
way of drawing a pitcher and then try this way. Now 
compare the two drawings and see the difference. 


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See what yau can pravy 

Nr -f) (V -f 

WITH T ^\r 
A CIRCLE ANP A FEW STRAIGHT LINES 

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H ERE are just two things, “Reddy Fox” and “A 
Sail Boat” that you can draw with a few 
straight lines and a circle. Try making these and see 
how easy they are to draw. Then you can see 
how many other things that you can draw with just 
straight lines and a circle. 


113 









THE EASY WAY 
TA MAKE A FIVE-PAINTEP STAR 



M AKING a five^pointed star is very easy to do 
if you will just make a circle first, then mark off 
five points at equal distances on the circle. Now draw 
a line from left to right and the next line make just 
the same as Tommie has in the chart. If you will just 
practice making these stars, the first thing you know 
you will not have to mark the points on the circle. 


114 








EASY CLEVER STUNTS 
THAT YAU CAN 7A 



T HERE are many other things besides these that 
can be changed into heads, but first you must 
learn how to make these. You don’t have to know 
anything about drawing to be able to draw a lemon or 
a coffee pot, and then little by little you add to these 
things, and the first thing that you know you have 
completed a head. 


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PIP YAll EVER NATICE ? 


A 

HUMAN 
HEAD 15 
ALMOST 
EOrG- 

shape: 


THE 
FORE¬ 
HEAD 

ABOUT / 

ONE Lr 
FOURTH/0 
THE / 
LENGTHC^J 
OF THE ‘ 
HEAD 


UPPER 
LI P y 
LOWER 
LIP 
AND 
[CHIN 



THE NOSE 
AND EAR 
ARE ON 
A 

LINE 



THE NFCK 
STARTS 
ON A 
LINE 
WITH 
THE 
EAR 
AND / 

noseC 



THE LOWER 
PART 
OF THE 
FACE 
IS 

DIVIOED 
INTO 
THREE 
PARTS 



T HERE are more boys and girls who want to draw 
the human head than any other object. And it is 
the most interesting thing to draw even if it is the 
hardest to draw. Yet there are a few very simple rules 
to go by that will help to make it easy. Like, first 
making an oval and then marking just where each 
feature is to go. 


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I T'S jolly fun to draw a tea cup and saucer, then see 
if you can make a head of a person out of it. Then 
turn it upside down and see if you can make it look 
like another head by just adding a few more lines. 


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Y OU can make a lot or tnese pictures ot rabbits 
and when you have a party at your house, give 
one to each one of the guests. Then to the one who 
does the best job of twisting the rabbit into a tooth" 
less old man, you can give a prise. 


118 







ZlAKE OUTLINE PICTURES 
-, OF >OUf\ FIENDS 

rV \ 17 / / 1 qM*V 


GRANDFATHER 


MARY 1 6Ae> 6R0TRE'\ 



J \ ''•>> 

A SILHOUETTE POKTR^IT 


Y EARS ago before the camera was invented, this 
way of making pictures was very common. Now 
any clever boy or girl can make pictures of his or her 
friends. All that you need to do is to fasten a piece 
of paper on a flat wall; put the sitter near it. Place a 
good light at the side so that it throws a shadow of 
your friend on the paper. The sitter must sit perfectly 
still. 


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T HERE are funny faces you can make out of just 
one letter, like Mr. Gee Whiza or there is Old 
Man Alphabet which it takes many letters to make. 
Can you tell how many different letters that it took to 
make Old Man Alphabet? 


120 











T HE Little Drawing Teacher shows you four difi 
ferent animals that you draw with just straight 
lines. If you think that you cannot make your lines 
straight, use your ruler. Then you will be sure to 
make your drawings as good as these. After you have 
finished see what else you can draw with just a few 
straight lines. 


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UNCLE SAM 



H ARRY says, “That every boy and girl should 
know how to draw a picture of their Uncle 
Sam. First you draw a circle, now you put a nose on 
it, add the mouth and eye. Then you are ready to 
put in the ear and don’t forget the whiskers for it 
would never look like Uncle Sam without whiskers. 
Now you can put his hat and coat on. By putting 
stars and stripes on the hat and coat you will have 
completed Uncle Sam. 


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AN easy way to “print” signs and posters is on 
-/jL cross-section paper. In this way you are sure to 
get the letters correctly shaped. Just take a plain piece 
of paper and mark off the cross-sections with a soft 
lead pencil, then you can erase these lines when you 
have poster completed. In this same manner you can 
make very pretty greeting cards to send your friends 
on their birthdays. Use your water colors to paint the 

flowers and the capital letters. 

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